> > >A couple years ago I did some testing of Massive Syslog Servers > >and discovered that basically syslog is a piece of junk, design-wise. > > Bah! syslog is performing exactly as it was designed. > - It is lightweight > - Anyone can use it > - Nothing really bogs it down > - It has loose rules (very liberal in what it accepts) > Even with all of that, it still passes a lot of event notification > messages. Because of these, it is very widely accepted and almost > ubiquitously deployed. > Unfortunately, sending 1000 emails over a wide pipe in quick succession makes it use up to 98% processor power.... > > Later, > Chris > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private > For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private
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